Family Violence Resources

• Books
• DVDs and Videos
• Websites

Books and pamphlets

• Abuse: Response and Prevention: A Guide for Church Leaders. MCC, 2008. Available in English, German and Spanish versions. 
  
  
• Bancroft, Lundy.  When Dad Hurts Mom: Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse.  New York: Berkley Books, 2004.
  
  
• Bancroft, Lundy.  Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men.  New York: Berkley Books, 2002. 
  
  
• Close To Home pamphlets are designed to help open conversation about difficult issues. Topics include: child abuse, spouse abuse, pornography and depression.
  
  
• Cory, Jill and McAndless-Davis, Karen. When Love Hurts:  A Woman’s Guide to Understanding Abuse in Relationships.  New Westminster BC: WomanKind Press, 2nd edition, 2008.
  
  
• Cunninghman, Alison and Baker, Linda.  Little Eyes, Little Ears: How Violence Against a Mother Shapes Children as They Grow.  London, ON: Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System, 2007.   Available as a free pdf document at: National Clearinghouse on Family Violence (Canada) . 
  
  
• Fortune, Marie M. Keeping the Faith: Guidance for Christian Women Facing Abuse.  San Francisco: HarperCollins, 1995.
  
  
• Fortune, Marie M. and Marshall, Joretta, Editors.  Forgiveness and Abuse:  Jewish and Christian Reflections.  New York: The Haworth Press, 2002.
  
  
• Harder, Jeanette.  Let the Children Come, Preparing Faith Communities to End Child Abuse and Neglect, Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2010.
  
  
• Herman, Judith Lewis. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, New York, NY: Basic Books, 2^nd edition, 1997.
  
  
• Home Shouldn’t be a Place that Hurts brochures; available in Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish and Swahili versions.  
  
  

• Kroeger, Catherine Clark and Nason-Clark, Nancy.  No Place for Abuse: Biblical & Practical Resources to Counteract Domestic Violence. Revised edition, Downers Grove, IL:  Intervarsity Press, 2010.
  
  
• Livingston, David L.  Healing Violent Men: A Model for Christian Communities, Minneapolis:  Augsburg Fortress, 2002.
  
  
• Miles, Al. Domestic Violence: What every pastor needs to know. 2^nd edition, Minneapolis:  Augsburg Fortress, 2011.
  
  
• Miles, Al.  Ending Violence in Teen Dating Relationships: A Resource Guide for Parents and Pastors.  Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2005.
  
  
• Nason-Clark, Nancy, Catherine Clark Kroeger, and Barbara Fisher-Townsend, Responding to Abuse in Christian Homes, A Challenge to Churches and their Leaders, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011.
  
  
• Smedes, Lewis. Forgive & Forget: Healing the Hurts We Don’t Deserve, HarperOne, 2^nd edition, 2007.
  
  
• Soto Albrecht, Elizabeth. Family Violence, Reclaiming a Theology of Nonviolence, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2008.
  
  

• Yarrow Morris, Susan and Jean Anton.  Opening the Door: A Pastor’s Guide to Addressing Domestic Violence in Premarital Counselling.  Seattle: WA: FaithTrust Institute, 2006.

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 DVDs and Videos:

• Broken Vows: Religious Perspectives on Domestic Violence. DVD or VHS, Part 1, 37 minutes; Part 2, 22 minutes, FaithTrust Institute, 1994.
  

• Domestic Violence: What Churches Can Do,  DVD or VHS, 20 minutes, FaithTrust Institute, 2002.

• Hear Their Cries: Religious Responses to Child Abuse,  DVD or VHS, 48 minutes, FaithTrust Institute, 1992.

• Wings Like A Dove: Healing for the Abused Christian Woman,  DVD or VHS, 34 minutes, FaithTrust Institute, 1997.

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Websites:

• Doves Nest, Faith Communities Keeping Children and Youth Safe.

• Child Help, National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-4-A-CHILD.
    

• ChildTrauma Academy, Houston, TX.

• Child Welfare Information Gateway, Washington DC.

• FaithTrust Institute, Seattle, WA.

• Futures Without Violence (formerly Family Violence Prevention Fund), San Francisco, CA

• Hot Peach Pages, International Directory of Domestic Violence Agencies.

• International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, Vancouver, BC.

• Kids Help Phone, Canada.

• National Center on Elder Abuse, US Administration on Aging.

• National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, Canada. 
  

• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Denver, CO.

• National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, Washington, DC.

• Peace and Safety in the Christian Home.

• The Rave Project: Religion and Violence E-learning.

• Restored, Ending Violence Against Women, United Kingdom.

• Shelternet for Abused Women, Toronto, ON.

• Springtide Resources, Ending Violence against Women, Toronto, ON.

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